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#BaghjanBurns: Crisis at Oil India Ltd

Kaul, Asha, Chaudh...

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#BaghjanBurns: Crisis at Oil India Ltd

Kaul, Asha; Chaudhri, Vidhi

IIMA-COMM0029 | Published December 9, 2022 | 23 pages Case

Collection: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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On May 27, 2020, a blowout occurred in Well No. 5 at Baghjan (Assam); the well, owned by Oil India Ltd., caught fire on June 9, 2020. For almost five and a half months, the company tried to douse the 200-foot high flame but failed to do so. Finally, on Day 173, Oil India Ltd succeeded in capping the well. Biswajit Roy, Director (Human Resources and Business Development), was tasked with investigating the nature and cause of the crisis. Roy pondered on the nature of the crisis: Had it been purely technical or stakeholder-induced? What had led to the chaotic condition? Could things have been done differently?